Smac01 12 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 Hope you guys are all ok down there! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creaver 55 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 All the best guys. Some of those pics look REAL bad Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*Glenn* 854 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 All the best guys. Some of those pics look REAL bad Link please Ian ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westy 614 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 The wifes there today. Said she just left the building she was having meetings in, to go for some lunch across the road when it hit. The building she was in collapsed. Shes a bit shook up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westy 614 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 pics Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucan 196 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) A lot more damage this time round I hear! Cathedral and all.. EDIT: Yeah pics /\ Edited February 22, 2011 by Blackie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cliffdunedin 8 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 Hope you guys up there are all ok! I knew it was big when we felt it decently down here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gotheschu 1 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) Reports of Limbs seen under rubble in malls. So sad. Thoughts go out to you guys down there. Hope your all safe and ok! Edited February 22, 2011 by Young Jack Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westy 614 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 Reports of deaths. sh*t is getting serious Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cliffdunedin 8 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 sure is! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nobimmer 694 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 sh*t just got real. Hope ya'll are ok down there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matt45 1 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 ricarton exchange is damaged ..... so will affect anyone trying to call in that area or into any of its remote exchanges (avonhead etc) ... so dont stress if your trying to ring! its likley just the network! and don't create any unessesary traffic unless you have to! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
camera doctor 25 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 My thoughts go out to CHCH members. I know the shakes are scary enough here in Timaru, and we are NOTHING compared to the pictures on the TV and internet of CHCH Stay safe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DRTDVL 0 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 live tv3 feed --> http://www.news.com.au/world/quake-aftersh...i-1226009960218 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_ethrty-Andy_ 2132 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 woke up to see it on the TV as breaking news on CNN so its being watched around the world! thoughts go out to everyone down that way and you can let us know your safe soon! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westy 614 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) So I just spoke to the wife and her and a work colleague are walking to the airport hoping to hire a car or something and drive to Dunedin to catch a flight home. Dont think It'll be tonight somehow. She was in the Pyne Gould Guinness building referenced above and had left for lunch minutes before it hit. Close call. This is the building. Edited February 22, 2011 by Westy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz 1060 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 It was f**king scary. Luckily enough my flat still has power and water. I work on the top floor of a building over looking the square and saw part of the cathedal go down. Not cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3 SERIES 93 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 Tony, your wife is a very very lucky lady! I hope the Bimmersport CHCH Chapter are all ok. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1043 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 Hey guys, Most of CHCH probably wont be online to check. I work at Telecom and have a view of a lot of companies networks as well as the Telephone network and its power has been cut. Communications is #1 for telecom to get established. All companies business continuity plans have been activated. Cell coverage is number one prioirity to restore. Telecom is asking that cell phone usuage is for emergcy only, As a lot of cell sites are now running on battery and have around 8-10hours of life left. My advise is text _essential_ communitcation now as it probably wont last for long to your family / friends. There is obviously a lot of network congestion as well. I'm sure those of you with family in CHCH like myself have been in contact with them. Speaking with a friend down there (immortal on here who works with Atta (CrazyArab) ) they had a couple of buildings collapse around their building and obviously the worse thing theyve heard ever. Pull together guys ... theyre going to need all the help they can get down there. Thinking about starting a fund or something.. will think about this later on. PS. Tony, f**ken glad niks is ok ... let us know if she needs any help down there as I have some family down there if she needs somewhere to stay or what ever. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
|ncary 0 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 You can't dodge fate. The September one spared everyone, this one was out to level the score. It was honestly one of the scariest things I've experienced, the previous aftershocks didn't phase me too much, but this was different. I was underneath a car on a hoist with 2 other guys, the rumble came, 2seconds later it felt like the workshop had turned on it's side. Running for the door resulted in much tripping over, and aiming your direction was impossible. The cars outside looked like they were getting on 2 wheels. People were all over the road. I biked home and got some pictures, will post them later. They are nothing like what I'm watching on TV right now, but all suburbs on the west side of the city are majorly damaged, all the houses, brick and all, will no doubt have damage. Silt covers all the roads, water steaming everywhere. All I can wonder is who I know that has been crushed to death in the multiple locations over the city. My dog escaped and got hit by a car, my neighbour said they took him to a vet, good c**ts, but Vet is closed now so im not sure if he's alive. More later, have just made it to gf's house and it's still rocking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrphTa 5 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 So I just spoke to the wife and her and a work colleague are walking to the airport hoping to hire a car or something and drive to Dunedin to catch a flight home. Dont think It'll be tonight somehow. She was in the Pyne Gould Guinness building referenced above and had left for lunch minutes before it hit. Close call. This is the building. Lucky call mate, I saw this building on the news with people crawling out of it. :S Thinking of everyone in Christchurch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deeveus 81 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 Thinking of everyone in Christchurch Here too, 17 confirmed dead. What a tragedy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
|ncary 0 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 Key just said 65. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark247 39 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 Here too, 17 confirmed dead. What a tragedy. 65 now. Not cricket. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deeveus 81 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) Yep, been updated now to 65 - some are claiming 100's will be the total. Edited February 22, 2011 by pando Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
